Paper box.



No. 686,!46. 'Patented Nov. 5, I90I.

J. A. SCOTT.

PAPER BOX.

(Application filed June 29, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EErcE.

JAMES A. SCOTT, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

PAPER Box.

SPEGILEIQATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,146, dated November 5, 1901.

Application filed June 29,1901. Serial No. 66,517. (No model.) A

T0 at whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JAMES A. SCOTT, of Somerville, in the county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have made certain new and useful Im prove mentsin Paper Boxes,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention pertains to that class of paper boxes inwhich the cover-section is constructed to telescope upon a slightly-contracted or neck section of the box proper. In these boxes as at present made it is customary to first construct the body portion of the box and then paste within it a slightly-smaller box or shell to constitute the neck. So made it is impossible to fold them flat for transportation or storage, and, moreover, the paste applied to confine the neck-section within the body-section tends to warp and bend the sides of the box, rendering them imperfect and unsightly in appearance.

The object of my invention is the construction of a neck-box of this character which shall be capable of folding, which shall not require the objectionable paste, shall be much cheaper than the old style box, and, in addition, stronger and more sightly.

So far as I am aware a knockdown neckbox has never before been constructed, and my invention for the purpose comprises two telescopic sections having each one or more flaps so combined as to form a firm bottom the parts whereof mutually act to secure the inner or neck section from being withdrawn from the bodysection.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective View of my box complete and ready for use but without cover. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the same, but with the flaps unengaged and the two sect-ions telescopically shifted relative to each other; and Fig. 3 is box. At the lower end of this neck-section is a bottom flap 6, having alocking-flap 7.

As illustrated in Fig. 2, the box is in a condition to be folded fiat for transportation, in asmuch as said flaps are in substantially the same planes as the sides, of which they are continuations. To put the box into condition for use, the lower edges of the inner and outer sections are made flush with each other, or substantially so, and then the flaps 2 and 3 are folded inward against three of the edges of the section 5. The flap 6 is now brought up against said flaps 2 and 3 and its lockingflap 7 thrust in between the proximate edges of the inner and outer sections, as shown in Fig. 3. Thus located, the said locking-flap is Wholly concealed both on the interior and exterior of the-box. Moreover, since the flap 6 is exterior to the flaps 2 and 3 the necksection 5 cannot be withdrawn from within the body-section, and the flaps 2 and 3 being below certain of the edges of the neck-section the latter cannot be pushed down and out from the body-section. It will therefore be found that the bottom of this box is composed of parts so combined that the sections cannot be separated from each other except by first removing the locking-flap 7 from its place, and unfolding the remaining flaps. Hence no paste is required for binding the sections together, and consequently there will be no unsightly warping of the sides of the box.

I find from actual experience that this box is much more inexpensive than the old style of neck-box, while being stronger and better in other respects. It requires to have no labels pasted upon its sides, inasmuch as the desired matter can be printed directly thereon, either upon the blanks before being brought together into box form or upon the same when completed but folded flat. The most important feature of my box, however, is that of its knockdown or folding character, by which it is differentiated from all other neck or shoulder boxes.

My invention is applied principally to boxes designed for shoe-dressings, patent medicines, and bottled goods in general, but can be used for many other purposes. The

top or edge of the neck can be cut slanting or into any fancy shape Without materially adding to the cost of production, the same being cut and scored at the one operation, which is not possible in the old style box.

That I claimas my invention,and for which I desire Letters Patent, is as follows, to Wit: 1. In ashoulder or neck box, thecombination of the outer four-sided section having the two opposite flaps at its lower end; and the inner or neck section having four sides all longer than the sides of the outer section and projecting from the upper end thereof to constitute a neck for the telescopic reception of a suitable cover; said inner section having the bottom flap provided with the lockingfiap at its free edge; whereby the flaps of the outer section being folded inward toward each other, and the bottom flap being brought up external to said flaps, and secured in place by its said locking-flap, said sections are rigidly fastened together and a neck-box composed thereby, while a releasing of said flaps permits of the box being folded fiat, substantially as described.

2. A shoulder or neck box comprising two telescopicallyunited sections each having four sides, and the inner section longer than the outer and projecting therefrom at the upper end'to constitutea neck for the reception of a suitable cover; said sections having their lower edges provided with interlocking flaps forming a closed bottom; whereby a foldable neck-box is produced, substantially as described. 1 V

In testimony that I claim the foregoing invention I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of June, 1901.

v JAMES A. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

ELLIS H. DAMON, A. B. UPHAM. 

